46.4% ▲ +14.9%
Higher than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 40.4%
- 2016: 45.3%
- 2021: 46.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Lethbridge · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Lethbridge
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Nearly half of all residents in Lethbridge have finished Year 12, a figure that has climbed 6 percentage points since 2011. While this is higher than most similar areas, the local community generally holds fewer formal degrees than the state and national averages.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 46.4% of people completed Year 12, which is far below the Victorian figure of 61.8%. Other residents stopped their schooling earlier, with 20.5% reaching Year 11 and 18.4% reaching Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Lethbridge, the largest group is Year 12 at 49%, followed by Year 11 (22%) and Year 10 (19%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Bachelor degrees or higher are held by 13.4% of adults, which is far below the Australian average of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 48.7% of the population.
13.4% ▲ +18.7%
Higher than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →In Lethbridge, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 56%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Lethbridge are spread across various fields, with Engineering and related studies being the most common at 20.4%. Society and culture (14.6%) and Health (11.1%) are also prominent areas of study.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Lethbridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221041/lethbridge/topic/education